Lighting torch



Dec. 1 1925. 1,563,995

A.KARR

1 LIGHTING TORCH Filed May 10. 1924 Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR KARE, F YAKIMA, WASHINGTON.

LIGHTING TORCH.

Application filed. May 10, 1924. Serial No. 712,325.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ARTHUR KARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yakima, in the county of Yakima and State of lVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Torches; and I do hereby declare the fol: lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a lighting torch primarily designed to light briquette-burning orchard heaters from the top rather than from the side.

One prime object is to provide a construction wherein but a predetermined quantity of fuel will be discharged incidental to each tilting of the can and in which a lighting means is carried by the can in order to ignite such fuel.

Another object is to provide a novel construction to carry out the aforesaid object particularly in which the danger of the flame reaching the interior of the can or source of the fuel will be overcome.

Additional objects and advantages will becomeapparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a view of the invention in side elevation;

Figure 2 is a substantially central vertical sectional view of the invention, showing the same in fuel-discharging position,

Figure 3 is an elevation taken at a right angle to Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line H of Figure 2.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

In reducing the invention to practice, a can body or receptacle, usually of metal of any appropriate size or shape is provided as at 10, having a suitable pivoted bail .11 by which the device is carried when not in use and also provided with a handle as at 12 by which the device is adapted to be held when in use. This handle is preferably of acon struction whereby it may be made from a single sheet of metal having its main or grip portion cylindrical and end portions 13 extending therefrom and fastened to the can or receptacle. The receptacle also has a fillin Lighting ing opening as at 14 normally covered by a screw cap 15, and further has a curved vent pipe as at .16 having its opposite ends soldered to the top of the can and top of handle 12, respectively. 16 is the vent opening and it is preferably covered by gauze 16 The location of this vent avoids splashing out of the contents of the can.

The receptacle or body has a pouring spout 17, of the same diameter as pipe 16,

- which interiorly of the can extends the full length thereof and is arranged radially of the bottom as at 18, being open and terminating short of and relatively close to the side wall of the can as at 19. The spout 17 also extends a considerable distance exteriorly of the receptacle 10 and preferably has a curved discharge nozzle 20, provided with a screw cap 20 removably holding a gauze disk 20 in the line of pouring.

Rising from the top of the can is a wick tube or spout 21 which is preferably soldered as at 22 to the tube 17 to reenforce and rigidify both of the tubes. Tube 21 rises above the tube 20 and carries a wick 23 removably therein.

It will be understood that gauze disk '20 prevents flame entering the can through tube 17, gauzeshield 16 through vent pipe 16, and to prevent it entering through tube 21 copper or wire gauze 24 is soldered to the can and covers the inlet to tube 21, and the wick 23 preferably has copper or brass gauze 25 wrapped around the same and together with it is removably wedged in the outlet end of tube 21.

In using the device, wick 23 is saturated with liquid fuel and the body or can 10 is filled with such fuel which for instance may be made up of equal parts of kerosene and gasoline, although either of these fuels may be usedor any other. lVhen the briquette or fuel of the orchard heater or otherwise is to be ignited, the operator having one hand grasping the handle 12, tilts the article so that the tube 18 will be vertical with the end 19 uppermost and the quantity of fuel contained in it. will flow through the spout 17 It will be onto the briquette or the like. noted that the quantity of fuel discharged is thus premeasured, since other fuel cannot enter the spout 17 until the portion 18 is again placed in a horizontal position. When the quantity of fuel is thus dispensed, the can may be tilted more so that the pressure of the fuel within the same will cause drops it ignited after the initial ignition thereof,

Changes may be resorted to provided they fall Within the spiritvand scope of the invention.

Iclaim as my invention -A device of the class described having a container body, a pouring spout Xtending from thebody, said spout being located part ly interiorly and partly exteriorly of the body and extending through the top of the latter, said spout at its base having a radial inlet portion located on the bottom of the body and extendingmore than half way across the bottom and terminating relatively close to. theadjacent side Wall of the body to avoid use of a valve, said portion being interiorly unobstructed, a wick tube extending from the top of the body to a point be yond the :spout, said tube being relatively close to and connected to the spout, said spout at its outer end being deflected away from'the tube to fOllll ZL nozzle, a securing element on .Said nozzle, and a foran'linous safety means covering said nozzle and fastened by said securing element.

[In testimony whereof I aflixtmy signature.

- ARTHUR KARR. 

